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Updated May 31, 2010 Three crews traveled to Saratoga Springs, NY to compete in the Scholastic Nationals, the closest thing rowing has to a regional/national championship. Zach Petronic and Steve Genise added to their medal collection by finishing second in Men's Varsity Doubles; the Women's Jr Quad of Michelle Benson, Liz Craig, Lauren Larocca and Lauren Vespoli qualified for finals on Friday, then finished 5th on Saturday. The Men's Jr Quad of Andre Ficerai, Sean Kurtz, Jake Lennon and John Rectenwald finished 5th on Friday. View complete results at Powerhouse Timing. Pictures are on the Photo Album page. | |
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Updated May 17, 2010  Genise, Petronic: Bronze Tiger Rowers wrapped up their season this past weekend at the Stotesbury Cup, the largest ever with 5000 athletes from 180 high schools. In such a large field, winning any medals at all is an accomplishment, and that is just what Zach Petronic and Steve Genise did by finishing third in their Boys' Senior Doubles event. Also making finals was the Girls Senior Quad (Kim Gilmour, Lauren Vespoli, Abi Gunn, Madison Treser), finishing just out of the medals in 4th place. All other Boys' boats made Semi-Finals. In the Senior Quad race, Kurt Schoffstall, Cole Lennon, Evan Solic, Nick Neugebauer finished 6th in their semi, and the Junior Quad of Sean Kurtz, Jake Lennon, Andre Ficerai, John Rectenwald came in 5th. Finally, Eric McQuiston and Billy Brant finished 6th in their Boys' Junior Doubles semi. Other boats: Girls' Junior Double (Lauren Larocca, Michelle Benson); Girls' Junior Quad (Maureen Crammond, Ellie Duursma, Liz Craig, Christina Hunkele), and Girls' Senior Four (Christine Frazier, Merel Duursma, Valerie Kopyta, Nicole Rotunno (Meghan Wilson coxing)). Check full results and photo gallery!. | |
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Updated May 11, 2010 
North Allegheny Rowers North Allegheny Tiger Rowers cashed in another opportunity to show off their sculling prowess at Midwest Scholastic Sprints, capturing 3 Gold, 1 Silver and 3 Bronze medals in the process (or 21 medals if counted individually). The tournament hardly started off in a promising way. Early Saturday morning racing saw two of our boats miss semifinals, until about 9:00 AM, when moderate winds turned to fierce, causing racing to be suspended for 6 (six) of the most miserable hours of (non-)rowing in recent memory. Under largely overcast skies, rowers and parents alike could do little else but seek shelter from the 30 to 40 mile an hour wind gusts, which made the low-50 temps feel more like low-30s. Meanwhile, all small boat races had been cancelled for the day, so that all eyes were on our one remaining race, which finally took off 9 hours after our previous one. Alas, the Women's Novice 8 missed qualifying, but at least everyone got to go back to the hotel. Sunday (Mother's Day) brought relief in the form of sub-10 mph winds, which enabled the small boats to hit the water. By then, the schedule had been modified, eliminating all semifinals in favor of head races. Much credit goes to the race organizers, who despite losing 6 hours, succeeded in completing every event in a reasonable way while still allowing the event to conclude around 3pm on Sunday. 
Kim Gilmour The first Gold medal of the day went to Kim Gilmour, who scored a convincing victory in her singles event, with Madison Treser taking 5th in that same race. Next up was the Men's Lightweight Double of Andre Ficerai and John Rectenwald, who made finals and then came in 5th. Meanwhile, there was no rest for Zach Petronic and Steve Genise, who rowed both a Double as well as a Pair. Undaunted, they made finals in both races, sending them out to the start lines a total of four times. Their efforts were rewarded when they scored Silver in the Doubles event, narrowly missing 3rd place in the Pair. Also competing in the Doubles event were Billy Brant and Eric McQuiston, who finished 8th in the head races. 
Women's Jr Quad The next Gold medals went to the Women's Jr Quad (Michelle Benson, Lauren Larocca, Liz Craig, Lauren Vespoli), easily dispatching a field of 4 other boats in a straight final, including our own third-place finishing crew of Jen Milkey, Lauren Bleyaert, Maureen Crammond, Madison Treser. Taking Bronze in a field of 4 were the Women's Sr Quad (Merel Duursma, Christine Frazier, Meghan Wilson, Ellie Duursma). Another Bronze medal went to Kim Gilmour and Lauren Vespoli in Women's Doubles. 
Men's Jr Quad Our final Gold medal of the day went to the Men's Junior Quad of Sean Kurtz, Jake Lennon, John Rectenwald, Andre Ficerai, who made short work of their competition. In the final points tally of this tournament, North Allegheny finished 9th in Men's events and 4th in Women's events. In combined events, we were 4th (85.25 pts), behind New Trier (347.5 pts), Ann Arbor Pioneer High School (140 pts), and Loyola Academy (94 pts). Full results for boats not mentioned above:
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Updated May 3, 2010 Dire weather forecasts came partly true at Moraine State Park on Sunday, cutting short the annual Scholastic Sprints, this year held in support of the Glimmer of Hope Foundation. While the predicted thunderstorms stayed away, steady morning rain and strong afternoon winds combined for less than ideal rowing conditions, eventually causing the cancellation of the majority of afternoon Finals events. The Tigers' only completed Finals event was the Men's Lightweight 4, where John Rectenwald, Andre Ficerai, Jake Lennon, Sean Kurtz (Liz Craig coxing), finished 6th. Two boats that were entered in straight Finals never got to race at all. Zach Petronic and Steve Genise found their efforts at rigging a Pair fruitless, while Cole Lennon and Eric McQuiston (Men's 2x) were rained out as well. 
Boy's Novice 4 A notable bright spot was the performance of our Novice 4 crews. On the Boys side, Nick Neugebauer, Zak Milkey, Sam Sheridan, Xaq Herold (Meghan Wilson) put together a strong morning race to finish 2nd, but didn't get to race their Finals. Also finishing second were Courtney Ferguson, Claire Barber, Sammy Davis, Carlie Donahue (Nicole Rotunno), but unfortunately, their race required first place to move to Finals. Finals were also rained out for the Women's Double of Kim Gilmour, Lauren Vespoli. No other crews advanced to Finals. In chronological order, along with finish in heat:
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Updated April 28, 2010 
Petronic and Schoffstall: Gold "Two" proved to be the lucky number for the Tigers at Saturday's Governor's Cup in Columbus Ohio, as both their medals were won in doubles events. Under ominous but largely rain-free skies, in the Boys Doubles, Zach Petronic and Kurt Schoffstall won Gold (Mike Durbiano and Evan Solic taking fourth in that same event), while Jen Milkey and Maureen Crammond took Bronze in Girls Doubles. Our only other boat to make finals, the Boys Lightweight 8 (John Rectenwald, Steve Genise, Billy Brant, Andre Ficerai, Jake Lennon, Eric McQuiston, Sean Kurtz, Cole Lennon, Alison Bostedo(cox)), found themselves out-edged by more experienced competition, finishing 6th. In other results, the Boys Lightweight 4 of Billy Brant, Jake Lennon, John Rectenwald, Cole Lennon, Ryan Hopey(cox) started off the day by finishing 3rd in their heat, while Eric McQuiston, Xaq Herold, Andre Ficerai, Sean Kurtz, Liz Craig(cox) finished 6th. The Boys Novice 4 of Nick Neugebauer, Zak Milkey, Mike Limauro, Sam Sheridan, coxed by Nicole Rotunno finished 5th in their heat. Our three Girls Varsity 4 boats (A: Lauren Vespoli, Kim Gilmour, Abi Gunn, Madison Treser, Nicole Rotunno(cox), B: Lauren Larocca, Merel Duursma, Liz Craig, Michelle Benson, Lucas Macaluso(cox), and C: Courtney Ferguson, Lauren Bleyaert, Stephanie Plut, Christine Frazier, Ryan Hopey(cox)) missed advancing to finals, finishing 4th, 3rd and 4th, respectively. Our Girls Novice 8 (Courtney Ferguson, Sammy Davis, Sarah Lamanna, Alison Bostedo, Meg Sekinger, Gina Caruso, Stephanie Plut, Kaylee Williams, coxed by Lucas Macaluso) took 5th; Ellie Duursma and Sarah Sharpnack came in 4th in Girls Doubles. Finally, Girls Novice 4 (Sarah Lamanna, Sammy Davis, Meg Sekinger, Kaylee Williams, Nicole Rotunno(cox)) finished 4th. Check the full results and photo gallery!. | |
Spring Racing Season | |
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Updated April 22, 2010 Spring racing season is upon us, with races each of the following four weekends! For a quick look at the race schedule, please see the Race Schedule page. Also be sure to check out Regatta Central for boat lineups and event times. For your convenience, here is Saturday's heat sheet, and the NA final boat lineups. We suggest you print both and bring them to the race. | |
Zach and Steve's Ergathon | |
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Updated March 28, 2010 Congratulations to Zach Petronic and Steve Genise for rowing continuously for 24 hours (taking turns on an erg), rowing a total of over 300,000 meters (or about 200 miles), live on streaming video. If you run into them, please be sure to tell them how awesome/crazy you thought that was! P.S. 48 hours, anyone? | |
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Updated March 14, 2010 
Rowers in action at Marshall Middle This past Saturday, over 300 rowers and hundreds more parents and other onlookers once again gathered for the 11th annual North Allegheny Indoor Erg Race held at Marshall Middle School. Twenty-one times, rowers from local high schools would take their seats on one of twenty ergometers (rowing machines). Guided by frantic screams from a helper on a chair next to them, each would perform a simulated rowing race of 2000 meters. At first, the gymnasium would be relatively quiet (as quiet as 500 people can be). Gradually, during eight minutes of rowing, the excitement would increase, the audience getting louder and louder, until the last two minutes, when the frenzy reaches such heights that having a conversation with the person next to you would become impossible, finally erupting in loud cheers and thunderous applause when the first rowers finished their race. Exhausted to the max, most rowers would hang their heads, drop to the floor, or stagger away from the scene, mumbling incoherently. Welcome to Indoor Rowing! The North Allegheny Indoor Rowing Championships, now held for the 11th time, features over 300 rowers from local high schools. Rowers complete in 18 different events, followed by three relay races. Points are awarded for finishing in the top 6. This year, North Allegheny won the Girls Combined events, while Central Catholic finished first in the Boys Category. In combined points, North Allegheny took first, with Central Catholic taking second and Three Rivers finishing third. Links:
For pictures check the photo gallery! | |
Rowathon Pictures | |
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Updated March 8, 2010 Check out the PHOTO ALBUM for Rowathon pictures! | |
Welcome New Recruits | |
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Updated February 26, 2010 Following tryouts, Coach Schermer has selected the following recruits for addition to the team: 9th-graders Kaitlyn Clem, Gillian Lawhead, Carlie Donahue, as well as 10th-graders Claire Barber, Lauren Bleyaert and Michelle Sunjoo Lee. Congratulations to all. Current rowers, please introduce yourselves to the new recruits and make them feel welcome! | |
Where Are The Old Stories? | |
| With the new season upon us, all of last years' stories have been moved to the Past Results page! | |
Now available on the SCHEDULE PAGE. |
SPRING 2012
SAVE THE DATE!!!!NA Indoor Rowing ChampionshipMarch 10, 2012 Register at Regatta Central NA Indoor Rowing Championship |
PHOTO GALLERIES!Check out the latest pics on the PHOTO GALLERIES page! |
ImPACT testingRowers entering 10th or 12th grade: if you did not get an ImPACT test in September, you must contact the North Allegheny Athletic office ASAP. Same for rowers entering 9th or 11th grade, EVEN IF YOU TOOK ONE THE PRIOR YEARIMPACT TEST SCHEDULE. |
National Team Rowers Answer Your QuestionsCurrent and former US National Team members of the Men's, Women's and Lightweight Teams have volunteered to answer your questions! Women, would you like to know what it takes to compete at the highest level? Men, would you like tips on how to improve your technique on the water or how to best approach seat-racing? Lightweights, would you like tips on how to make weight or handle weigh-ins? (Coxswains, you're welcome to continue submitting your questions too!) Submit your questions here. |
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